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Gordon McDowellJVC GR-HD1U Review (2005)

Created as a supplement to an upcoming R4NT.COM review of the JVC GR-HD1 camcorder. JVC GR-HD1U camcorder.
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Zooming in on HD footage is the best I can do to convey picture detail and quality in an easy to playback video format. If you'd like to see the corresponding raw captures in their native DV/MPEG-2 formats, check out the following links.
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DV (720x480x60i):
http://www.archive.org/download/GordSmash/GordSmash00_DV.avi
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SD (720x480x60p, MPEG-2):
http://www.archive.org/download/GordSmash/GordSmash00_SD.mpeg
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HD (1280x720x30p, MPEG-2):
http://www.archive.org/download/GordSmash/GordSmash01_HD.mpeg


This movie is part of the collection: Community Video

Director: Gordon McDowell
Producer: R4NT.COM
Production Company: NA
Sponsor: R4NT.COM
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: JVC; GR-HD1U; Review; GR-HD1U; HD1U
Contact Information: gordonmcdowell@gmail.com <br /> <a href="http://opensourcevideo.blogspot.com/">opensourcevideo.blogspot.com</a> <br /> <a href="http://20041102lastchance.blogspot.com/">20041102lastchance.blogspot.com</a>

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Reviewer: MediaWhore - - September 7, 2005
Subject: What is the capital of Thailand?
Very educational comparision between DV, SD & HD video formats. As boring as this subject matter seems to most this film pulls it off in an entertaining manner by using some very bizzare subject matter in its comparision shots (ex.. a man swinging a sledge hammer at an abandoned house).

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00:05 Title: Anamorphic DV (Why DV sucks.)
00:10 Demonstrate 16:9 footage streched to 4:3, back to 16:9.
00:31 Difference in detail between anamorphic and matted.
00:42 "We're enlisting the help of an abandoned house..."
01:00 Zoom in on interlaced footage.
01:17 Split luminance from chroma.
01:35 Title: 720x480x60p SD
01:39 Whack the house (full speed).
01:45 Whack the house (1/2 speed).
01:58 Title: 1280x720x30p HD
02:01 Whack the house.
02:16 Zoomed in on HD footage enough to see compression artifacts.
02:25 Title: DV 720x480x60i vs SD 720x480x60p vs HD 1280x720x30p
02:28 3 way split screen.
02:57 3 way, zoom in and increase color saturation.
03:23 Sample footage. Beefy the dog. SD 1/4 speed.
03:39 Bird in nest.
03:52 City traffic.
04:05 Glenbow Reservoir feeds into Elbow River.